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I forgot to include shipyard news last time: USS Fury (Ambassador) at Chalna.


Next week something wonderful happens - Cardassians and Romulans sign a cease-fire with us! Similar treaty was sent to Ferengi whilst Klingons refused to make friendship with us. Oh well, can't have everything, eh?

Our shipyards were instructed to build several Ambassador and Galaxy cruisers as well as colony ships that will build a colony at Levinius system, far away from core worlds and from battle frontiers.

Speaking of ships - Caldonian shipyards finished a Galaxy-class cruiser, USS Tyokai, which was sent to reinforce Peliar Zel along with USS Fury.

Week later, USS Norman and USS Isis are finished, respectively, at Chalna and Xerxes yards. The two ships will meet at the later system and by then, Starfleet will find where to send them.
Also, Ferengi rejected our peace treaty.


Caldonian subspace scanner was brought online after some manpower shuffling and we discovered above force at our doorsteps. USS Valdemar was finished there ahead of schedule, and USS Narwhal, an Oberth scout, left Chalna.

What we have at Caldonia is an outpost, Galaxy cruiser and two Ambassadors... against 12 Ferengi cruisers. Caldonian authorities are bringing the orbital defenses online.


As you can see, our battle next week was lost. We managed to destroy only two cruisers and the whole ordeal was basically a slaughter. What's surprising, though, is that the Caldonian scanners do not pick up the cruisers in their system.

Weird.

In the same time, a massive Ferengi fleet is found near Malcor.
USS Drake leaves Chalna yards and head for Tarsas, where local forces and single ships will form a fleet that will head to Caldonia.

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One week later...

Malcor system, Bridge of USS Iroquis A.

Science Officer: Captain, Ferengi fleet have arrived in the system!
Captain Jak Euchre : Shields up, red alert!
Tactical Officer: Ferengi vessels are launching torpedoes!


Explosions shake Iroquis a little as the battle rages on the viewscreen.
Tactical: Alacrity destroyed, Coronado reports heavy damage to primary hull. Our shields are down to ninety percent.
Cpt.Euchre: Helm, take us through their fleet, at an angle! We will try to spearhead their forces.


Science: I detect severe hull breaches on Monroe, Sitak and Reliant, sir! Tian An Men is leaking plasma!
Cpt.Euchre: Damned ferengi! Helm, hard to starboard, launch torpedoes, full spread.


Tactical: Outpost reports heavy damag- sir, outpost have been destroyed!
The bridge of Iroquis shakes and science officer is knocked away by exploding console.
Cpt.Jak: Damage report!
Tactical: Deck two, three and four heavily damaged by Ferengi torpedoes! Sir, our Mirandas are trapped in front of the Ferengi cruisers!


Tactical: Ferengi are launching torpedoes!
Cpt.Jak: No!


Tactical: Tian An Men, Rockford, Osiris, Brittain, Sitak destroyed, sir!
Cpt.Jak: Take us around, status report of Ning Hai!
Tactical: They report heave damage, their port nacelle is inoperative. Sir, Ferengi torpedoes are hitting at our shields! They're at seventy-two percent, forty-six, twenty-


Ferengi beam slams against the top part of Iroquis' saucer, near the top dome. Bridge shakes and the supports and electronics explode from the ceiling and walls, the consoles crackling as the bridge officers are flung around.
Captain Euchre stands from the ground after a second, coughing and choking on the smoke.
Cpt.Euchre: Damage report! Dammit, tactical! Damage report!
Only now he notices that all bridge officers are lying dead or uncounscious. Slowly, he stands up and walks up the ramp, clinging to the railing.
Cpt.Euchre: This will be the day...
As the bridge shakes, the captain makes his way toward the Tactical console, pushing the buttons. Torpedoes fly through space and destroy one more Ferengi cruiser as Iroquis is hit with torpedoes and beams in turn. Fire starts on the bridge as consoles beep in alarm, the ship rocking with explosions.
Cpt.Euchre: To hell with you midgets-!

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We have lost the Battle of Malcor.

Seventeen ships have been destroyed by Ferengi along with the outpost. We made them pay high price, however - each of our ship have been avenged by destruction of one Ferengi cruiser.

That's not much of a cheer-up, though: their transports and planetary cruisers are already preparing to invade Malcor.


Cardassians formed an alliance with Ferengi, and we received a word that Caldonian system have been bombarded and conqured by the Ferengi.

The defeats at hands of Ferengi and loss of crucial member world have put the population in rage. Riots and demonstrations are happening in most of the larger worlds, and Chalnoth swear to leave the Federation if we won't make any progress.

Now, even the Federation Council and the President are unsure of Federation future...

But it will certainly be grim.

//Wow, NRDL - at this moment you're the only bay12 captain left alive. Congratulations, I guess? :I

Wake the next watch then go to sleep after a bit more watching

Karel elected to take her watch sitting near the horses - they would no doubt react to anything threatening before she could.

As Karel was already awake, Harald accompanied her for a while with the watch, but soon he went to sleep.

The watch proved to be uneventful, with occassional attempt by horses to eat some of Karel's hair.

Skolt gets up and cleans himself off. He then check his pockets to make sue his quartz and scalpel are in it, and climbs the tree again.

All was there, in his pockets.

The moon vanished under the horizon and sun began sliding up rather shyly - first sunrays fell on the faces of sleeping migrants and Skolt's, possibly waking up a few - or all.

It is now early morning.

3/5

Had change of plans - I can be on Sunday too

Oh, fuck :I

Yay, more redshirt killing awaits :3!

This.

I laughed louder than I should.